Next Gen Cup 2023: Everton FC vs RF Young Champs Live Updates

9:30 PM: Hello everyone and welcome to Khel Now’s LIVE COVERAGE of the Next Gen Cup 2023 – Everton FC vs RF Young Champs match in the Next Gen Cup 2023. The kick-off is just thirty minutes away! I’m your host Rajarshi Shukla, and I’ll be keeping you company through what promises a fascinating evening of football. Please wait for 30 Seconds for the Live blog to load.

Next Gen Cup 2023: Everton FC vs RF Young Champs - Build-up

Day three of the Reliance Foundation presents Premier League Next Gen Cup will take place at the Reliance Corporate Park (RCP) in Navi Mumbai tomorrow as all eight teams pitted in two groups will compete against each other across four matches in what promises to be an exciting day of competitive football. The teams will face their counterparts from the other group after tomorrow’s set of matches and hence the upcoming games are important for them to seal their final position in their respective groups.

Reliance Foundation Young Champs vs Everton

Everton, who tasted their first win of the season against Sudeva the other day, will now lock horns with the Reliance Foundation Young Champs (RFYC). The Toffees have one of the youngest squads in the tournament comprising a majority of U-17 players.

They displayed tremendous determination to chase the winner until the very last minute and accordingly won the game against Sudeva on Saturday. RFYC, on the other hand, put in a very improved performance in the second-half of their game against the Wolves. The team opened their account with a 1-0 victory over Sudeva in their first match of the campaign and will be looking to add another win to the tally against the Premier League side on Tuesday.

“We have brought a very young team here with 50 per cent of the squad being U17s. Of the remaining 50 per cent, there are U18s and then we have got one U19 player as part of the group. We obviously want to be competitive. We want to try and win games of football, which is what the lads are prepared to do when they get into the senior level,” Everton coach Kieran Driscoll reflected on his team and the vision that they have come into this tournament with. 

Driscoll added, “But, we are very much individual and development focused. So, every player has their own individual plan and we are looking to impose the same style of play across the group. So, it is very much about development but we want to instil the winning mentality within them as well

“Definitely, the mental preparation. We experienced this against Wolves and now we have another Premier League team. It shouldn’t affect us. From the first minute, we should go to show that we are here to express our football, compete and still overcome the opponent,” RFYC coach Arata Izumi had encouraged his boys to be mentally stronger irrespective of the opponent on the field ahead of their next clash.